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Really bad blocks, tripping over words that’s started with b’s, & a’s. Repeating things....

Do not try to get tips to say the letters because if you can articulate them sometimes, articulation isn’t the problem . You likely block on them *because!* there’s a word/name you’ve had to say freq...

This is very interesting!! Thank you a lot for your testimony!! Can you describe what your stutter looked like? Pauses? Blocks? Repetitions?...

I have seen a video on choral speech(forward speech) before and yeah it's an interesting research According to my understanding: Defensive mechanism gets activated due to the perceived threats in ou...

Even I started to stutter at 12-13 years of age like you. If your abdomen is tight, it means you didn't detect your smaller stutters that came before the main stutter and didn't notice that you ran o...

26 M. I've noticed that the more I try to hide my stutter from strangers, the worse it gets. However, if I talk to them and I stutter, I disclose it and move on with the conversation. The vast majorit...

Please help! I'm really struggling.

Please help! I'm really struggling. I have been stuttering since I was 10 or 11. Now I am 29. I am really struggling with my stutter. it happens in the form of blocks. a block can last even for more ...

# You said 'secondary reactions'. Do you mean secondary symptoms of stuttering? Like for example word-substitution (substiting feared words)? Yea, so then you were right. Because inhibitory control c...

Horrible blocks

Horrible blocks Does anyone have really intense blocks on words beginning with a B, T or D? I have tried several techniques to avoid them but can’t seem to move around them. Any advice would be apprec...

Daughter starting to stutter

Daughter starting to stutter Hey all, One of my fears, my daughter, 3.5 years old, has started to stutter pretty severely. I’ve had a mild to moderate stutter that’s come and gone my entire 29 years,...

Anyone go though extreme definitions because of a block?

Anyone go though extreme definitions because of a block? I'll just be talking about wanted something, like pizza for example. But I can't say pizza, so it's a 'round dough cooked in sauce with cheese'...

Great response! This is my attempt to shed some light on the definitions proposed: * **Inhibitory control**: According to my other post [https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/18qxg2h/tips\_to\_im...

You’re not wrong on all those parts. And yeah I jump around words and usually deal with more blocks and elongations than repetitions, the loud speaker is not my friend. I think I would much rather fin...

This is very helpful, but if you are having blocks and want to turbo charge the process, there are steps you can take. Make eye contact, and begin slowly on an exhale. I reduced my blocks by 90% b...

Yes, I imagine that's fairly common. Conversely, I've also stubbornly pushed through speech blocks to say something difficult, only to realise afterwards that I shouldn't have said it because it was...

Don't be hard on yourself, you've lost a battle but not the war. In March I was moved to position where there is no need to perform PA announcements for I failed during emergency drill, which is impor...

>Do they know you stutter? They do now lol. I don't know what's wrong but my stuttering is multiplied in presentations and public speaking settings. In day to day I can mask it pretty well. I knew m...

I'm afraid that's the grade I'll be recieving :( I was completely tongue tied and unable to speak in the presentation. Much much more than i'm used to. The examiners said they "won't fail me" :/ ...

If avoiding/switching words is one of your main block-escape strategies, any word you *cannot* switch will bring extra fear. Since blocking happens because of fear, saying our name becomes extra dif...

Oh my god, this!! I think I've actually developed a fear of sitting too far away from where the waiter would ask for our orders because if I'm close then I can just point at what I want on the menu wi...